Thread: Honduran Migrant Boy, 4, Found Traveling Alone by US-Mexico Border

Honduran Migrant Boy, 4, Found Traveling Alone by US-Mexico Border

BY REUTERS
March 31, 2021 Updated: March 31, 2021



A 4-year-old Honduran child is pictured after being rescued by agents of the National Migration Institute and members of the National Guard near the Rio Bravo, in the border city of Reynosa, Mexico, on March 30, 2021. (Mexico's National Migration Institute/Handout via Reuters)

MEXICO CITY—A 4-year-old Honduran boy was found traveling alone near the Rio Grande River that separates Mexico from the United States with no one to claim him, the Mexican government said on Wednesday.

Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) said the boy was found unaccompanied among trees and thickets as he walked toward the border. He was close to Reynosa, a Mexican city long troubled by violence, that sits across from McAllen, Texas.

A group of three mothers and six children were located in the same area, but none of the adults took responsibility for the boy or acknowledged him as a relative, the INM said.

The migrants, all Hondurans, were detained when a flyover of the area spotted a group of women and children running and ducking for cover in grasslands and trees, the institute said.

The boy, who was not named, is one of the thousands of children to have arrived at the border during a surge in arrivals since U.S. President Joe Biden took office and revoked numerous Trump-era immigration policies.

Consular authorities and Mexico’s national human rights commission were informed of the boy’s situation, the INM said.

The ten migrants were taken into the custody of a local branch of a Mexican authority dedicated to family welfare.

Mexican authorities said that human smugglers recommend migrants bring children with them on their journey from Central America so that they can more easily cross the border into the United States.

By Dave Graham and Diego Ore

Epoch Times staff contributed to this report

https://www.theepochtimes.com/honduran-migrant-boy-4-found-traveling-alone-by-us-mexico-border_3757194.html

His Embassy needs to "claim" him and fly him back home to his relatives there.

We are not the daycare center or dumping ground for the entire world.

We cannot warehouse these UACs until they turn age 18 and we should NOT be using taxpayer dollars for Foster Care.

We have our own children to take care of.

These countries are disgusting. No more foreign aid or visas should be issued until every damn one of these illegal aliens are deported.